I'd say it's a "neutral" quality. The car has to speak for itself, regardless of where it came from, so always best to have it checked out by someone. And of course research car values so you don't pay too much.

Thanks shiftright. Must be some more recent activity on this truck. Checked w/ my insurance co. for a quote, and they were saying it had two damage claims filed in '09 and It now has 89,000 miles. They couldn't tell what the damages were because they don't look up carfax reports. The truck was just repainted so it kind of has my curiosity up.

Hmmm...the carfax doesn't show anything and the mileage could be 86K because the last mileage recorded was back in 2007.

Well lots of accidents are missed by Carfax so you'd best have the car thoroughly checked out then. Carfax doesn't usually tell you what the damage was (once in a while they do) but the insurance company certainly knows the dollar amounts of the claims. If it's a large $$$ amount, you know it's serious, but if the claims are a few thousand bucks, that's nothing these days.

I can't imagine why the ENTIRE truck was repainted, though. Are you sure it wasn't just some panels.

A good body shop could give you plenty of info on what was done, by having them look it over.

But really, on a 2005 vehicle that has already depreciated substantially, i wouldn't get too hung up on things like common fender-benders.

Yea, i asked seller about the paint cause i saw a piece of masking tape on the headlight w/ paint on it and he said he painted whole truck because of some scratches. But yea ur right about not worrying too much about minor repairs.Thanks alot for your help sir.

I'm trying to find the owner of this vehicle: VB56KO678987 You will notice that it is not a 17-digit VIN; it is a '56 Chevy (before the standardized formatting). My dad had restored this car and sold it in Escondido, CA many years ago; he would like to try to buy it back, but cannot find the owner. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

No way to trace it by normal public computer records--it's too old, unless you know someone in law enforcement that could check to see if it has a current registration in California. You can't do this for privacy reasons.

Other than that, you could put an ad in Hemmings Motor News with the VIN (many people do this), since the car might be out of state already.

voisard---sorry you're in a jam here but CARFAX costs someone money when they answer you. CARFAX isn't free, so you have to look at it as someone's generosity. Maybe people with subscriptions just aren't online right now.

Try over in our ANSWERS department (see link below)...sometimes people there will answer you more quickly.